WIPO-OECD/SMEs/GE/09/INF/2

page 2

E
WIPO / / WIPO-OECD/SMEs/GE/09/INF/2
ORIGINAL: English
DATE: September 15, 2009
WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANIZATION
GENEVA

SEVENTH wipo forum on intellectual property and
small and medium-sized enterprises
FOR Intellectual Property OFFICES and other relevant institutions in the Organisation for Economic cooperation and development countries

organized by


the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)

Geneva, September 14 and 15, 2009

list of participants

prepared by the Secretariat of WIPO


I. STATES

(in the alphabetical order of the names of the States)

CANADA

Mario GONZALEZ (Mr.), Chief, Strategic & Corporate Planning, Information Branch, Canadian Intellectual Property Office, Gatineau

Darren SMITH (Mr.), Second Secretary, Permanent Mission of Canada, Geneva

CZECH REPUBLIC

Anna Arellanesova (Mrs.) Patent Information Department, Czech Industrial Property Office, Prague

DENMARK

Annette HØGH (Mrs.), Danish Patent and Trademark Office, Taastrup

FRANCE

Antoine RÉTY (Mr.), Regional Delegate, National Institute for Industrial Property (INPI), Lyon

FINLAND

Mika WARIS (Mr.), Director, Marketing and Business Services, National Board of Patents and Registration of Finland, Helsinki

HUNGARY

Zoltan HORVIATH (Mr.), Expert, Hungary

ITALY

Riccardo COPPO (Mr.), Head, Inventions and Utility Models Division, Italian Patent and Trademark Office (UIBM), Rome

Marco FANTI (Mr.), Colonel, Guardia di Finanza, Rome

MEXICO

Theodore SCHULTZ HOEFLICH (Mr.), Head of the Western Regional Office, Mexican Institute of Industrial Property (IMPI), Mexico City

Mayra Núñez VÁSQUEZ (Ms.), Head of the North Regional Office, Mexican Institute of Industrial Property (IMPI), Mexico City

Juan Garza SECO-MAURER (Mr.), Divisional Director, Mexican Institute of Industrial Property (IMPI), Mexico City

NETHERLANDS

Brigitta GROENLAND (Mrs.), Account Manager MKB, Dutch Patent Office, Rijswijk

NORWAY

Otto SCHARFF (Mr.), Director of the Market and Information Department of the Norwegian Industrial Property Office, Oslo

POLAND

Magdalena MACIEJSKA (Ms.) Senior Expert, Promotion and Innovation Support Unit, Patent Office of the Republic of Poland, Warsaw

Marcin GEDLEK (Mr.), Chief Expert, International Co-operation Unit, Patent Office of the Republic of Poland, Warsaw

SPAIN

Patricia ESCUDERO MARQUEZ (Mrs.), Head, Dissemination and Information Unit, Spanish Patent and Trademark Office (OEPM), Madrid

SWITZERLAND

Claudia MUND (Mrs.), Legal Adviser, Legal Services, Patent & Design Law Legal & International Affairs, Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property (IPI), Bern

Frank LANGOTZ (Mr.), Patent Expert, Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property (IPI), Bern

UNITED KINGDOM

Steven COLES (Mr.), Expert, Intellectual Property Office of the United Kingdom, London, United Kingdom

UKRAINE

Irina SHEVCHENKO (Mrs.), Expert, Ukraine

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Susan ANTHONY (Ms.), Attorney Advisor, Office of Intellectual Property Policy and Enforcement., United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), Alexandria

II. INTERNATIONAL INTERGOVERNMENTAL

ORGANIZATIONS

BENELUX OFFICE FOR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY (BOIP)

Christel HEREMANS (Mrs.), Head, Service and Information Department, The Hague

OFFICE FOR THE ARMONIZATION IN THE INTERNAL MARKET (OHIM)

José IZQUIERDO (Mr.), Head of Sector, Special cooperation programmes, Institutional Affairs and External Relations Department, Office for the Harmonization in the Internal Market (OHIM), Alicante

EUROPEAN PATENT OFFICE

Jeremy PHILPOTT (Mr.), Unit Manager, Innovation Support, European Patent Academy, European Patent Office, Munich

UNITED NATIONS ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR EUROPE

Tony BONNICI (Mr.), Economic Affairs Officer, Economic Cooperation and Integration Division, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), Geneva

Ralph HEINRICH (Mr.), Economic Affairs Officer, Economic Cooperation and Integration Division, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), Geneva

UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT

Fiorina MUGIONE (Mrs.), Chief, Enterprise Polices and Capacity Building Section, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Geneva

Cristoph SPENNEMANN, Legal Expert, Intellectual Property Team, Policy Implementation Section, Division on Investment and Enterprise, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Geneva

WELSH ASSEMBLY GOVERNMENT

Nia ROBERTS (Ms.), Intellectual Property Manager, Department for the Economy & Transport, Wales

KOREAN INVENTION PROMOTION ASSOCIATION

Kim Namji (Ms.), Expert, Korean Invention Promotion Association, Seoul

III. OTHER INSTITUTIONS

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OFFICE (IP) WALES

Andrew BEALE (Mr.), Director, IP Office, Swansea, Wales

IPR HELPDESK

Agnieszka TURYNSKA (Mrs.), Senior Legal Expert, IPR-Helpdesk, Alicante

ISTITUTO DI PROMOZIONE INDUSTRIALE

Delfina AUTIERO (Mrs.), Expert, Istituto per la Promozione Industriale (IPI), Rome

GALAXY SYSTEMS INCORPORATIONS

Tim TRAINER (Mr.), Founder, Galaxy Systems Incorporation, Madison, United States of America

MRGOODIDEA

Giancarlo MIGLIORI (Mr.) Expert, MrGoodIdea, Rome

EUROPEAN TRADE ASSOCIATION FOR BUSINESS ANGELS, SEEDS FUNDS AND OTHER EARLY STAGE MARKET PLAYERS

Jean Marc BLANKERT (Mr.), European Trade Association for Business Angels, Seed Funds, and Other Early Stage Market Players, Brussels, Belgium

INTRASOFT INTERNATIONAL

Gudrun RUMPF (Dr.), Team Leader, Intrasoft International, Luxembourg

TECHNOPOLIS GROUP

Alfred RADAUER (Mr.), Expert, Technopolis Group, Wien

HIGHBURY

Elizabeth McNABB, Expert, Highbury Ltd, London

IV. SECRETARIAT OF THE WORLD INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY ORGANIZATION (WIPO)

Mr. Narendra SABHARWAL, Deputy Director General, Cooperation for Development Sector

Guriqbal Singh JAIYA, Director, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises Division

Mr. Andrew Czaijkowski, Head, Information and Technology Support Section

Marco MARZANO DE MARINIS, Program Officer, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises Division

[End of document]